Hay-stacker



- A, I i; INVENTOR- (No Model.)

B. J. DOWNING.

HAY STAGKBR.

, No. 263,875- Patented Sept. 5, 1882.;

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U ITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEO BURTON J. DOWNING, OF SEELY, KANSAS.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,875, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

A Application filed July 25,1882. (-No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURTON J. DOWNING, of Seely, in the county of Cowleyand State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hay-Stackers and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is a plan or top View of myimproved device for staekin g hay. Fig. 2 is a perspective side view ofthe same, shown discharging the hay. Fig.3 is a perspective detail viewof the catch, and Fig. etis a plan view of'a modification of my device,

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to devices for hoisting hay from the ground tothe stuck or hay-lolt, and has for its object to prevent its blowingaway during its elevation.

To this end I employ aframe of poles or bars, as many as desired. In theaccompanying drawings, where four are employed, each pole is designatedby the letter B. These poles are connected at their ends by bolts 1), orby other suitable means, and over them are stretched square pieces A, ofcanvas, netting, or other suitable material, the poles passing over themfrom one corner to the one diago' nally opposite, and being fastened tothefiaps or pieces A by being sewed into them, or by other suitablemeans. The flaps A have rings or hooks d in their outer corners forpassing the hoisting-rope B through, and larger rings or links a intheir inner corners, except one of the flaps that is provided with acatch, 0. (Better shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.) This catch consistsof an S shaped piece of flat iron,

4 f, fastened at one side to the corner of one of placed on the squareof canvas formed by the four flaps by raking it on by a horse-rake, orby any other-way, and when full the four outer corners are drawntogether by the hoistingrope B, being passed through the rings (1. andfastened in one of them. When the device has been hoisted to the placewhere it is desired to discharge its load the rope or cord h is pulled,which withdraws the bolt gand liberates the rings 0 and allows the bayto fall out, as shown in Fig, 2.

A modification of my device is shown in Fig. 4. It consists of only onepiece of canvass or netting or other suitable material, 1), which isslit open in the middle. This slit E is provided with two lace-cords, F,passing through hooks or e es, one from each end of the slit, meeting inthe middle of the slit, and each provided with an eye or ring in thefree end 2'. These rings are hold fast by a bolt, 7;,

in a catch, K, operated in the same manner as catch 0. The operating ofthis modification of my device is the same as by the other device, thefour corners being-drawn together by the hoistingrope passing throughthe rings 1 after the bay has been placed on the, canvas. When the hayshall be discharged the bolt is withdrawn by pulling the cord attachedto it, which permits the lace-cords to pass through the hooks or eyes,and thus the hay is discharged through the slit E.-

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The herein-described device forstacking and loading hay or straw, the same consisting of a framecomposed of the bars B, connected to one another and provided with thecanvases A, said canvases having books or rings d atthe outer corners,and provided at the inner corners with rings or links 0, in combinationwith a spring-catch, (J, trigger-rope h, and hoistingrope R, the wholeconstructed and-combined to operate substantially in the manner and forthe purpose herein shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereunto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

BURTON J. DOWNING. Witnesses:

F. S. JENNINGS, GEO. H. WILLIAMS.

